The Privatopia Papers

The War Over California - Ross Douthat Blog - NYTimes.com : "The argument about what went wrong with California is really an argument a...

Recession Slows Growth of Population in Sun Belt - NYTimes.com : "States in the South and the West that grew by exceptional leaps and ...

Seven-year-old caught ploughing in Germany - Yahoo! News : "BERLIN (AFP) – A seven-year-old boy was stopped by police in northern Germa...

Ancient Homeowner Association Rules | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine : "In the interests of achieving a pleasing harmony and...

State can no longer leave colleges in 'crisis mode' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary : "Here are some of the numbers: The st...

School Board sues lawmaker over rent :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education : "State Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) has been occupying a ren...

Small-business bankruptcies rise 81% in California -- latimes.com : "As credit lines have shrunk and consumers have cut back on spendin...

Left To Die: Did Off-Duty NYC EMTs Refuse To Help? - wcbstv.com : "Dead is 25-year-old Eutisha Rennix, who was six months pregnant. She...

Las Vegas Woman Victim of Foreclosure Mistake - Las Vegas Now : "As Mauck walks around her now empty condo, she can't help but rem...

10 Housing Markets Where Prices Have Gone Up - Yahoo! Real Estate : "The ten metro areas that enjoyed the greatest home-price increases...

Sacramento's fast-tracking of projects hits snag - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee : "Underfu...

A power struggle in Carson -- latimes.com : "Southern California churns with homeowner association disputes, but the one that has consu...

Top 7 insane homeowners association rules - THE WEEK You know HOA madness has made the big time when you start getting lists like this. Than...

WBBM 780 - Chicago's #1 source for local news, traffic and weather - Jack Lalanne recovering after surgery : "Fitness pioneer Jack ...

10 Real Houses Inspired by Cartoons - Oddee.com I want the hobbit house. And note that none of these could have been built with an HOA arou...

Man accused of choking neighbor over Christmas lights - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida : "BOKEELI...

NAACP: Homeowners group discriminatory - UPI.com : "The state and local NAACP filed a complaint in 2007 with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg ...

FOXNews.com - Not So Private Property?: Clean Water Restoration Act Raises Fears of Land Grab : "The Clean Water Restoration Act curren...

D.C. vouchers on life support - washingtonpost.com : "IT IS DISTRESSINGLY clear that congressional leaders never really meant it when t...

Canada freezes as snow storm strands thousands - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) : "People in the north-central part of ...